Other Times‚ Other Places: Les Misérables Author: Victor Hugo Year: 1987 (New English Translation by Lee Fahnestock and Norman MacFee). 1830 (Victor Hugo’s Original) Title: Les Misérables Country of Publication: New York‚ United States of America Set in the early 18th century‚ Les Misérables spans a few generations of people‚ who fought for freedom and well-being in a harsh world as pre-revolution and post-Napoleon France was. The story follows the political progress in France‚ for the second
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The Man From U.N.C.L.E.? It highlights excellent individuals wearing astonishing clothes as they dash from speedboats to high speed car chases. Man From U.N.C.L.E. is motion picture nobody was anticipating. Be that as it may‚ The Man From U.N.C.L.E. which is directed by Guy Ritchie‚ might be a film we didn’t know we were sitting tight for. In spite of the fact that it’s made with a bunch of present day tricks and innovations‚ it’s antiquate setting of the Sixties makes it stand out from most movies
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Le Cabanon *ISOLATION In plan‚ Le Cabanon has a radial scheme in which the dynamics of the space are directed to isolate the core of the house. Similar to St. Gall‚ there is an inward focus to the essence of the architecture. Every piece of furniture is placed in relation to the central core. As Corbusier states‚ “volume and surface are determined by the plan”. Le Corbusier painted on the window panel‚ so that when closed his focus would be directed into the interior. The siting and purpose of
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Velazquez February 14‚ 2013 Period 2 AP English 3 Les Miserables Essay After having watched the movie‚ Les Miserables‚ I believe Jean Valjean helped Cosette more than hindered her to become an adult. Valjean is known for being a convict and due to that‚ Cosette and himself never really lived a normal life without having to move constantly. Although‚ Valjean was a convict‚ he proved to be someone else‚ maybe not by his looks‚ but from his heart. Valjean took care of Cosette as if she were
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The Role of Economics in Human Life In the film Les Miserables‚ most of the scenes focus on how human strives for his own survival. Like in the character of Fantine who symbolizes the powerless and discriminated women at that time due to lack of education and wealth. They are also those who are good but poor and hopeless women condemned by the cruel society. Moreover‚ through the character of Fantine reveals the hypocrisy of the society that ostracizes and discriminates women. Through these miseries
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Page One The theme of this book is the importance of love and compassion‚ and social injustice. Three genres that affect the theme in Les Miserables are: Historical Research‚ Literary Analysis and Creative Element. The historical research gave you knowledge of the author‚ and what was going on when Victor Hugo was writing this book. The literary analysis allowed you to get content from the book and provided examples of the theme. The creative element allowed you to present it as how you pictured
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spent amid the backdrop of Napoléon’s campaigns in Spain and in Italy. At the age of eleven‚ Hugo returned to live with his mother in Paris‚ where he became infatuated with books and literature. By the time he was fifteen‚ he had already submitted one poem to a contest sponsored by the prestigious French Academy. Hugo wrote prolifically in all genres‚ but his plays proved to be his earliest critical and commercial successes. France’s 1830 July Revolution opened Hugo’s creative floodgates‚ and he
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Le Corbusier (born October 6‚ 1887‚ La Chaux-de-Fonds‚ Switzerland—died August 27‚ 1965‚ Cap Martin‚ France) internationally influential Swiss architect and city planner‚ whose designs combine the functionalism of the modern movement with a bold‚ sculptural expressionism. He belonged to the first generation of the so-called International school of architecture and was their most able propagandist in his numerous writings. In his architecture he joined the functionalist aspirations of his generation
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Teenagers are more likely to run away from home than an adolescent child. Many people think about running away just to leave there problems behind in turn they create new and more complicated problems. As a teen I ran away for a day it was not a long period of time before I ended up back at home. But since my parents were divorced I ended up moving from Pennsylvania to North Carolina to live with my mother. From there my life seemed to go downhill because my mother did not care what I did. To this
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Les Miserables (the title is the same in French and English) is the most well-known of Victor Hugo’s novels. It describes the miserable life of French workers‚ and especially their children. Hugo calls for social action to improve the unfortunate poor’s lives. This excerpt describes the character Marius‚ and how he has worked very hard to succeed in life. Excerpt from Les Miserables by Victor Hugo (1802-1885) Misery is the same with anything else. As time passes‚ it gradually becomes bearable
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